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One Week On

So it's now exactly on week since having my "band" removed. I did 24 hours in hospital, I was quite well prepared for the pain as it was very similar to the band going in-the port site was a little bit sorer than the first time but i knew that would be the case given my port was flipped and surrounded by scar tissue so needed to be dug out!   I was told by my original surgeon at my third or forth fill that my band was "slightly tilted but that's ok it won't make any difference at all" which was his reason for doing the fills under xray.   When i started having troubles keeping anything down i sked if it could be because theband was "tilted" he assured me that no that's not it and that he'd meant the port?? He also "assured" me that if i was vomiting it was my own fault i was either eating too fast(no) to much(no) over too long a period(wtf??) or just to eating right...when i pointed out i some times had troubles with liquids in the morning he said it was in my head....Hence why i stopped going!!   fast forward three years(so four years out and moved to a different state ) and Im not keeping very much of anything down ,what i can keep down are generally sliders,I've gained a lot of what i lost and im having trouble swallowing so i finally fessed up to my GP(pcp) that i had a band and what trobles i was having-she sent me for bloods and a barrium...I had/have esopheagal dysmobility which is why i now have trouble swallowing and nearly all bloods were tanked out well below "low" levels.   I found a surgeon who wasn't going to try to push me to be rebanded and set a date-thankfully he slotted me in pretty fast-surgery went well and i spoke to the surgeon a few hours later,He let me know that NONE of this had been my fault The original surgeon had placed the band in the wrong spot-too low and on an angle,it had at some stage sllipped from there,not a big slip,but enough to make more scar tissue,the port was totally flipped and had been for some time it also had A LOT of scar tissue around it.     I regret that i ever got the band,I wish when i had asked the surgeon initially about sleeves and RNY that i had pushed him when he had responded with"your BMI isn't high enough" I found out later he ONLY did the band and my BMI would have been ok for a Sleeve.   I don't wish anyone with a band anything except happiness success and for it to work as it's supposed to but statistically speaking that's not going to be the case for alot of people.   Please don't bother to respond to this if your some 5 month out band cheerleader that thinks you know everything and wants to "bash me" for "bashing the band" that s not what im doing -I'm putting forth an honest situation you may be met with in the future and quite honestly im not intrested in your opinion!!   Good luck guys xxx
scarlettbegonia

scarlettbegonia

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Please Please Really Really Research This

Lap bands are horrible-After four horrendous years im getting mine out,4 years of constant vomiting,4 years of acid reflux,4 years of flucuating weight and the weight i did loose was NOT worth the pain im in,NO I’m not overfilled haven’t had a fill in over 3 years YES i chew chew chew until the food is liquid…Do your research look up how many revisions are being done now from the band NO it’s not the person failing the band. This is NOT a great solution it’ll cause you more problems than it’ll solve look into what other wls you can get! I researched the band for years before i went through with it-if i had held off a year i would have seen the negative posts and stories that started to appear,when i was looking into it i looked for the negative stories I looked for what could go wrong and the few i came across i thought "that dosen't sound right' but then i started living those things and i see that I'm not alone. Why are the doctors not being more honest about the revisions? why are they still doing this on MO and SMO -the chances of it working are "slim"to none. I so wanted this to work,I so wanted to be a "success" and technically i was a success i lost over 2/3rd of my weight and then i was left depressed and feeling like an absolute loser as it slowly crept back on-no matter what i did,I excersised and excersised but somehow ended up heading back towards my start weight-Im not at that weight and i won't get there either. I see the surgeon in 4 days i hope he will be the one to remove this awful thing. I want to be able to eat vegetables,I want to be able to eat meat I want to be able to eat healthy food not just the crap i can slip past the band.
scarlettbegonia

scarlettbegonia

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The Nightmare's Almost Over

What an effing nightmare!! I can't wait to get this nasty little thing out. My time has come-three horrific years is three more than i should have done-to be able to eat and DRINK without vomiting...that's the prize i see in sight~
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